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Platina completes second renewables fund exit
04 November 2013Investment firm Platina Partners has today exited its second renewables fund in the past half-year.
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Trading Emissions sees NAV halve as sell-off continues
04 November 2013Trading Emissions plc (TEP), an investment fund specialising in environmental assets and carbon credits, saw its net asset value fall to £75.1 million ($119.8 million) from £157.3 million during its financial year ending 30 June.
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Infinis passes milestone on road to '£930m' float
04 November 2013The renewables company run by private equity giant Terra Firma, has provided further details of its plans to float this month, in a move expected to value the company at up to £930 million ($1.5 billion).
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Hong Kong-listed solar firm to buy bankrupt Suntech unit for $492m
04 November 2013A Chinese solar company will pay RMB3 billion ($492 million) to acquire the insolvent manufacturing unit of solar panel giant Suntech.
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Calvert launches innovative green bond fund
31 October 2013Calvert Investments has today launched an innovative green bond fund designed to tap into growing demand for environmentally friendly investments.
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A salute to South Africa
31 October 2013South Africa's plan to add 17.8GW of renewables capacity by 2030 is staggering in its scale. It means that some 42% of the energy generation installed between 2010 and 2030 will be clean.
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Companies' efforts to tackle water risk are 'inadequate'
31 October 2013Companies increasingly recognise that threats to their water security pose a significant risk to their business, but their response to problem is often "inadequate and misguided", the latest CDP Global Water Report has warned.
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Mainstream group wins 360MW wind contracts in South Africa
30 October 2013A consortium led by Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power is poised to invest ZAR 9 billion ($913 million) to develop three new wind farms in South Africa with a combined capacity of 360MW.
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Solar leasing model rolled out to energy storage sector
29 October 2013A pioneering energy storage company is to allow customers to install its technology for no upfront cost, as it adopts a leasing finance model similar to those used by rapidly expanding solar companies.
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NGOs claim victory as Arctic drilling platform plans scrapped
25 October 2013Plans to build two Arctic oil drilling platforms have been scrapped after environmentalists warned the project's financiers that the activities would jeopardise the future of one of the most endangered whale species.